Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - CVE-2019-14854
Published: December 4, 2019 / Updated: December 17, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23389
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14854
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to library-go component did not sanitize secret data written to static Pod logs when an Operator's log level was set to Debug or higher. A local user can read Pod logs if the log level had already been modified in an Operator by a privileged user.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-14854
Install updates from vendor's website.